Two victims told police that an armed carjacker forced to drive to Bibb County Thursday afternoon.

A man, 29, and woman, 25, told authorities that they were approached by the gun-wielding man as they were getting into a car at Creekside Apartments on Greensboro Avenue at 3:45 p.m., said Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit commander Capt. Loyd Baker.

The suspect, who the victims identified as Robert Yates, 28, forced the man to drive to Bibb County.

Yates then demanded money from the man and pistol-whipped him when he said he didn’t have any, Baker said. The woman was able to exit and run from the vehicle before Yates pushed the man out, he said.

Bibb County Sheriff’s deputies found the car parked off a dirt road off U.S. Highway 82, about two miles from the Bibb County line, Baker said.

Investigators obtained warrants to charge Yates with two counts of first-degree kidnapping and first-degree robbery. Tuscaloosa Police located and arrested him at a location in west Tuscaloosa early Friday morning.

“Yates’ motive appears to stem from a domestic violence assault in which the male victim is alleged to have assaulted Yates’ child’s mother,” Baker said.